WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women's rights activists furious over a tightening of Poland's already restrictive abortion law staged protests outside and inside churches Sunday, disrupting Masses and...
POZNAN, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May joined on Friday a high-level meeting in Poland that seeks to reassure Western Balkans nations aspiring...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Poznan has been ordered to play eight games next season without spectators because of rioting and brawling by fans.
The order on Monday involved Lech Poznan's first five matches in the top Polish league, and its first three games in the Europe League, said Zbigniew Hoffmann, the governor of Wielkoposka, the region in Western Poland which encompasses the city of Poznan.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The deadly collapse of an apartment block in the western Polish city of Poznan was probably caused by a resident who had killed his wife and then tried to kill himself by opening gas valves that caused an explosion, according to Poland's state news agency PAP.
The news agency reported Tuesday that the man remains hospitalized with severe burns and cannot be questioned by prosecutors. PAP quoted anonymous sources that it says are close to the investigation.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An "intentional" attack could be the reason an apartment building collapsed in western Poland, leaving five people dead and 21 injured, a prosecutors' spokeswoman said Monday.
The building with 18 apartments collapsed early Sunday in the western city of Poznan, most probably as a result of an explosion, authorities said.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An apartment building collapsed Sunday in Poland's western city of Poznan, killing four people and injuring 24 others, officials said as firefighters and rescuers with dogs combed the rubble in search of more victims.
The building contained 18 apartments and housed 40 residents, according to firefighters' spokesman Slawomir Brandt, who gave the death toll.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Renowned Polish-U.S. playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki, who won top prizes for his bitter, ironic analysis of the difficult lives of immigrants, died Saturday at 78.
His wife, actress Olena Leonenko-Glowacka, announced his death but its cause was not immediately revealed.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The ashes of Polish fighter ace Capt. Kazimierz Sporny, who is credited with downing at least five enemy planes in the World War II Battle of Britain, were brought from London to Poland and buried with military honors on Thursday.
The ceremony in Sporny's hometown, the western city of Poznan, was part of events honoring Poland's Air Force and marking the 10 year anniversary of its deployment of F-16 fighter jets, an element of the force's modernization.